Flexor digiti minimi brevis muscle (hand)
The flexor digiti minimi brevis muscle of the hand lies lateral to the abductor digiti minimi, within the hypothenar eminence, and is one of the intrinsic muscles of the hand.
Summary
- origin: hook of the hamate and flexor retinaculum
- insertion: proximal phalanx of 5 digit
- action: flexes 5 finger at metacarpophalangeal joint
- arterial supply: ulnar artery
- innervation: deep branch of ulnar nerve
